Mike Sonko is my greatest hero

I have never at any time forgotten to write the name of Mike Sonko in my yonder list of heroes. This time for the first time I take my pen to note him down as my friend, my brother, my father and my governor. He is an influential leader who has tailored many ideas from steps to stride, and from the leaders we have today, he could not have been cut from the same piece of cloth with them.

The friend I know is the man you all know, a champion for justice for all. When a church was being demolished, he made an important call to the President and saved the situation. I celebrate him each second of everyday for his incisive contribution towards ensuring that ordinary citizens get hope in life again after all is lost. Case in point is Mzee Ojwang who got his eyesight back thanks to Sonko.

At a time when all our leaders have devalued the premium attached to human life and seemingly gone back to the backward days where it was a normal to see Kenyans sleep hungry, unemployed, houses demolished without clear information and insecurity. He has stood with the victims from all walks of life during these hard times because serving his country and standing up for humanity with greater zeal is his definition of leadership.

As the year begun, he established an accident and emergency transport means that is helping Nairobi residents tackle critical challenges ranging from health emergencies, burial arrangements, wedding budgets, transportation issues as a whole and employment for the youth, who are responsible for the booking and operations of the different departments in the Rescue team.

For centuries, man has engaged in acts of violence sanctioned by such ideologies as religion and politics. In the wild, animals basically fight for food, mating rights and territorial lordship. Man is just an animal capable of clothing his body and emotions but once the thin veneer of civilization is peeled off, you find that all humans fight. Therefore, if you saw Sonko's bodyguards carrying their guns exposed, my friend was just trying to be safe, because no one knows the time nor the day the enemy shall strike.

Since that incident took place, a different man has been portrayed in the media for the last two months. It is the profile of a man I don't know. It is also a portrait painted by individuals and organizations who are targeting to soil his good name and the effort he has put in making Kenya a better nation. I want to assure my friend that across this country, he has a lot of praise more than anybody else. Not as their number one senator, but as an ambitious, hardworking and self-driven individual with a rich and solid work experience and love for humanity. Amongst all the palms, he still acknowledges that he is a man and is prone to faults.

Sonko has never puffed up his pride and thought that he is better than others.  He went ahead and said,'if championing for humankind will make me not be re-elected, then let it be, there is still life after politics'.

For Nelson Mandela morality was not theoretical. It was practical, it was the means by which people could improve their living conditions, and as a keen follower of Mandela's footsteps, this man has stood by this all through his existence in office.

On prosecution, it is easier for your fellow leaders to prosecute you and project you as a leader who is not following the tradition of selfishness, corruption, land grabbing, tribalism and meanness.  But as a highly rated leader he is showing innocent Kenyans what their respective leaders should be doing.

I am not a prophet, but if I look ahead I see white smoke bellowing from the chimney. God has given us a President, I hope there is a moment and a season for everything under the sun, and when the time shall come, he shall serve us with the wisdom of Solomon and be guided by the God fearing character of David. For better for worse, Sonko carries with him the legacy of an Anointed One.

Father, soon if not now, we should keep in touch. I would like to live my life talking about your legacies and living by your values because much has been achieved, but much more remains to be done.